Let me apologize first for not giving you a sequela for so long. No excuse is worth it. Also this part makes no sense if you haven’t read the Death Of John Okro (1) So [...]
Dec 202011
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Oct 242011
************************ Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti. ************************ He was mumbling to himself triumphantly as he walked down to the cellar where the fools were being held. How many times did they need to be told, beaten or killed [...]
Aug 032011
“And you?” the teacher asked. The boy got up hesitantly, knowing the consequences of his next words before he said them. “Yes? Hurry up,” the teacher said. “John Okro.” The entire class erupted. Even the [...]
Jul 312011
He opened his eyes. Awake. Finally. Beads of sweat lined his neck like a noose. A taut noose. About to snap. He clasped his neck with both his hands and groaned, willing the sensation to [...]
May 122011
“I may be the saviour of mankind and all, but today you breathe your last. If you actually breathe that is.” And with that, he took aim, steadied and struck. Killing the bug on his [...]
Feb 272011
This is from a piece I wrote in October 2010 for some competition I clearly didn’t win. I hate essay competitions. Especially when I’m not winning… ************************************************************************* Dear Sir/Ma, Right now, it really sucks to [...]
Dec 142010
All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: – William Shakespeare (I hear his friends called him ‘Willy Shakes’) Reading through that oh-so-famous quote again, I have to try [...]
Oct 082010
When all you have of a smile is a memory, When being at peace with earth is a felony, When tears and grief are an essential part of me, When nightfall draws curtains on my [...]
Sep 232010
He was watching the Discovery Channel. Something about dolphins. It was quite absorbing. He began to marvel at the awesome wonder of creation. He took a minute off to pray; to thank God. The structure [...]
Sep 202010
Firstly, I’d like to address an issue. I normally give some person my stuff to publish online. But I hear that you guys have been drowning HIM out in accolades. Why would you say nice [...]
Aug 262010
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Some tranquil is necessary,
Even for the military,
When worthy occasions,
Undergo deliberations.
Solitude is of essence,
When inspiration descends,
And one must have some quiet,
When the thinking roads he plieth.
Aug 242010
Emeka showed up the next day as planned. James was grateful to finally be getting out. Emeka drove him around Ikeja. James thought the area looked really neat. He told Emeka as much. “Our governor [...]
Aug 212010
The flight was relatively drama free. There was the odd bit of turbulence but nothing too crazy. Definitely nothing to replicate some of the horrid stories that his friends had been freaking him out with. [...]
Aug 102010
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of some ages, good day. My name is… well you can call me Narrator. And I love my role. I am omnipresent. I see it all. I hear [...]
Aug 032010
Close to me, close to nothing, Decaying, decadent and rotting, Close to you, I’m smelling something: The same old muck I’ve got my stuff in. ****************** Senator Nobody ****************** It doesn’t matter what you’re saying, [...]
Jul 192010
like the flow of the ocean to the sand like the blood always coursing through the hand like pinky and the brain’s masterplan they come and go like the seasons following momma nature’s whim like [...]
Jul 162010
Name: Ogbuehi Christopher Book Title: The Concubine Location: Nassarawo Quarters, Gombe State “WARNING: The Federal Ministry of Health warns that the book you are about to read may become quite addictive after line 1. You [...]
Jul 072010
Love is a myth – it’s not a fact, Or how does one start to react, To lifelong bonds and mutual pacts, Broken to bits. Love is no fact! Like tales of Greek gods and [...]
Jun 282010
**************** Lagos, Nigeria **************** Dis work come be like say e go simple die, thought Pinto. His mind was already circling in on what he would do with his share of the goodies that was [...]
Jun 252010
**************** Lagos, Nigeria **************** The volume of their speech seemed to increase as abruptly as it had reduced. Now it seemed Okro could make out at least some of the conversation. They were speaking in [...]
Jun 212010
They were walking to her house… She wasn’t strikingly beautiful but she was pretty in an understated way. You had to know her to appreciate her. Or at least that was how he figured it. [...]
Jun 202010
I am now convinced that I am going to die single. Growing up, I had been tutored to have high demands when it came to women. I was encouraged not to ‘settle’. So, as early [...]
Jun 122010
And everytime i wince in pain, you still convince me to remain, With you. And everytime my grip does loosen, your words tell me to just keep pushin, And i do. I was a man [...]
Jun 112010
It always ends with a kiss… You know, like in those romantic comedies we spend half our existence watching. 80-85 odd minutes blown waiting for the lead characters to lip-wrestle. I’m in it for the [...]
Jun 102010
************** Bariga, Lagos. ************** It was a bright enough Thursday. The sun shone just enough to keep you perfectly pissed till the humidity of the early evening took over proceedings. And John Okro WAS pissed. [...]